CVE-2024-40951

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger()

bdev->bd_super has been removed and commit 8887b94d9322 change the usage from bdev->bd_super to b_assoc_map->host->i_sb. Since ocfs2 hasn't set bh->b_assoc_map, it will trigger NULL pointer dereference when calling into ocfs2_abort_trigger().

Actually this was pointed out in history, see commit 74e364ad1b13. But I've made a mistake when reviewing commit 8887b94d9322 and then re-introduce this regression.

Since we cannot revive bdev in buffer head, so fix this issue by initializing all types of ocfs2 triggers when fill super, and then get the specific ocfs2 trigger from ocfs2_caching_info when access journal.

[joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com: v2]

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 < 67bcecd780609f471260a8c83fb0ae15f27734ceaffected
LinuxLinux8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 < eb63357ef229fae061ce7ce2839d558681c42f1aaffected
LinuxLinux8887b94d93224e0ef7e1bc6369640e313b8b12f4 < 685d03c3795378fca6a1b3d43581f7f1a3fc095faffected
LinuxLinux6.6affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.6unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.36 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.9.7 <= 6.9.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.10 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References